Monthly Archives: August 2011
In four and a half years, my husband and I haven’t spent a day alone together. Yes, we have left the kids for an entire day and evening to attend out of town parties or something, but just the two of us? Nope. Well, this year for John’s birthday, I told him that we were…
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Where are the rest of the pictures???? 😉
My hubs and I are planning a WEEK away next month to Roatan Honduras for our 15 year anniversary (that was actually yesterday). I absolutely hate the two of us getting on a plane without our kids, but I know it will be so good for us and our marriage. And I truly believe there is no better gift to our kids than a strong marriage. We went to Costa Rica for our 10 year anniversary and it was amazing and so good for us.
Glad you were able to get away and enjoy yourselves!
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FYI I’m reading your blog! 🙂 Good work getting out together and what a great birthday present that must have been to John! Miss you guys xoxo
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I went on California Screamin’ at Disneyland and was so ill feeling after, my head, my back, my stomach. It has only been 9 months, so maybe by the time I go again, I will have forgotten how bad it made me feel and try again. I think my problem is I was so tense with fear. I do know I will Never go on the Tower of Terror ever again. Ever.
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That picture just makes me smile. You look like little kids all kiddy & everything getting ready for a day of fun. Sounds like you had a blast. 🙂
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I meant to say “giddy”.
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waa. I’m jealous for your “day of freedom”
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Catching up on blogs…way behind! I love that you two did this! Time away from kids is so refreshing. Good for you two!!!
Five weeks ago a very generous past client of mine, Michele, offered us a free piano. Just so you know, we have been wanting a piano for a lonnnng time. We have been keeping our eyes open for one but hadn’t found the right price yet. So when we got that email, we JUMPED at…
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i like!! and that is a great vertical shot of the keys, so sexy! (so, i guess a piano can be sexy?? ;))
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i like! and that vertical shot of the keys, so sexy! (so, a piano can be sexy?? ha! 😉 )
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love when there are problems with commenting…have a great day!
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Wow! It looks awesome! You guys did a great job! Agree with Erin, the vertical shot is definitely sexy. 😉
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love it, love it, love it!
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ummm…long time follower; first time commenter:)
it looks fantastic! i’m super jealous! it looks faaaaabulous on that pretty gray wall…
speaking of the gray wall…where are the living room makeover pics? we’re into the SECOND week of august already. GEEEEZ;)
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OMG, Betsy! It looks gorgeous! I can’t believe you painted it YOURSELVES. When you told me you were painting it, I thought you’d hired someone to do it for you. What a huge undertaking, but the end result is amazing. I’m soooo very happy that the piano has found a good and loving home with the King Family! I can’t wait to see the photos of John teaching Miles and Jossy to play it.
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Thanks guys!
Still waiting for HGTV to release the post!
Disclosure: We did all the prep work, but our friend Ken sprayed the piano with his airless paint spray gun. (Came over to our house 4 times to do it!) I’ll talk about that in my how to post. There is A LOT of prep work when using a sprayer, so that’s why I didn’t open the can of worms that is the explanation of the paint process.
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It looks absolutely amazing! AND it looks fantastic in that room & I haven’t even seen the entire room, yet. He, he!! 🙂
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LOVE it!!!
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It turned out beautiful and a sprayer makes life A LOT easier! Can’t wait to see the whole room.
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Hi Betsy:) I saw Return of the Planet of the Apes tonight and your EXACT piano (pre-yellow) was in one of the scenes! It was too funny . . . I thought of you;)
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Oh my lands! It’s beautiful but you definitely have more patience than me! Oh, and the “muzzle” comment cracked me up!
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It looks awesome! Great job! And that’s not just a stuffed animal, that’s Patrick!
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I’d really be interested in your tutorial since I have an old piano that I’d like to paint, but have no idea where to begin.
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Would you be willing to tell me the name of the paint color you used? It’s perfect!
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[…] best part about this place? The potential for a piano (maybe a project like this). And duh, that fireplace. And the walk-in closet. […]
The response to my new package has been great and in an effort to streamline my booking process, I have added my pricing information to my blogsite. (I totally realize how annoying it is to go to a site and there’s no pricing information. So I apologize for being annoying all these years!) You can…
This shoot was of a family visiting family here from Norway, so there was a bit of a language barrier between me and the kids. However, this family has so much joy and such a beautiful and loving energy that it worked out best to let them snuggle, cuddle and do their own thing (instead…
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Great family shot!
OMGoodness! Too cute!
haha awesome!
She makes me smile! Such a cutie! Happy Friday!
this is all sorts of fantastic. love the wider view. 😉
Get it girl.
This is perfect. End of story 🙂
This picture just made my day.
Ha! Love that brave little pea jumping off by the side